republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2026a/sb-17.md

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Bill	Out-of-Network Health Insurance Dispute Resolution	The act makes changes to the dispute resolution process between health insurance carriers (carriers) and out-of-network health-care providers (providers) by requiring a carrier to provide, with each payment made to a provider, a remittance advice that: Identifies when the associated health benefit plan is regulated by the state and when the payment is made pursuant to services received from an out-of-network provider or at an out-of-network facility; andProvides the carrier's median in-network reimbursement rate for out-of-network claims.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)	us/states/co	Colorado General Assembly	2026A	SB 17	Colorado SB 17 (2026A)	bill	Insurance	enacted	L. Daugherty R. Gonzalez R. Stewart S. Bright	7	14	12	2026-01-14	2026-05-28	openstates	ocd-bill/d60c1c25-a325-4bcc-aaea-7da8df8bfb6f	https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/SB26-017	2b00733fc33aae337f3a2c5bb20d1258ffc7e8c947344115a6200f6a5de4c1bc	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-co

Colorado SB 17 (2026A) — Out-of-Network Health Insurance Dispute Resolution

The act makes changes to the dispute resolution process between health insurance carriers (carriers) and out-of-network health-care providers (providers) by requiring a carrier to provide, with each payment made to a provider, a remittance advice that: Identifies when the associated health benefit plan is regulated by the state and when the payment is made pursuant to services received from an out-of-network provider or at an out-of-network facility; andProvides the carrier's median in-network reimbursement rate for out-of-network claims.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
3. Final Act (committee substitute) — source
4. Reengrossed (committee substitute) — source
5. Rerevised (committee substitute) — source
6. Revised (committee substitute) — source
7. Signed Act (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Adopt amendment L.005 (Attachment E). — pass (pass) · upper
• Adopt amendment L.004 (Attachment D). — pass (pass) · upper
• Adopt amendment L.002 (Attachment B). — pass (pass) · upper
• Adopt amendment L.003 (Attachment C). — pass (pass) · upper
• Adopt amendment L.006 (Attachment F). — pass (pass) · upper
• Adopt amendment L.007 (Attachment G). — pass (pass) · upper
• Refer Senate Bill 26-017, as amended, to the Committee on Appropriations. — pass (pass) · upper
• Refer Senate Bill 26-017, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole. — pass (pass) · upper
• BILL — pass (pass) · lower
• Adopt amendment L.010 — pass (pass) · upper
• Adopt amendment L.009 — pass (pass) · upper
• Refer Senate Bill 26-017 to the Committee of the Whole. — pass (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• L. Daugherty — primary (person)
• R. Gonzalez — primary (person)
• R. Stewart — primary (person)
• S. Bright — primary (person)
• C. Kipp — cosponsor (person)
• D. Roberts — cosponsor (person)
• J. Bacon — cosponsor (person)
• J. Coleman — cosponsor (person)
• J. Marchman — cosponsor (person)
• K. Stewart — cosponsor (person)
• K. Wallace — cosponsor (person)
• L. Cutter — cosponsor (person)
• M. Duran — cosponsor (person)
• M. Lindsay — cosponsor (person)
• M. Rutinel — cosponsor (person)
• M. Snyder — cosponsor (person)
• N. Hinrichsen — cosponsor (person)
• S. Lieder — cosponsor (person)
• T. Exum — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2026-05-28 Governor Signed executive-signature
• 2026-05-22 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2026-05-22 Signed by the Speaker of the House passage
• 2026-05-22 Signed by the President of the Senate passage
• 2026-05-07 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments passage, reading-3
• 2026-05-06 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
• 2026-05-05 House Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2026-04-30 Introduced In House - Assigned to Health & Human Services introduction
• 2026-04-30 Senate Third Reading Passed with Amendments - Floor passage, reading-3
• 2026-04-29 Senate Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
• 2026-04-28 Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
• 2026-04-28 Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2026-01-29 Senate Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Amended to Appropriations referral-committee
• 2026-01-14 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Health & Human Services introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d60c1c25-a325-4bcc-aaea-7da8df8bfb6f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).